This is fantastic. The concept is very clever but simple, the game play is fun and ramps up in challenge well. The visuals and sound are simple but charming and feel appropriate for the style of game.I can easily imagine an expanded version of this game being an arcade hit back in the day.
Looks great! Neat idea of gameplay, simple & fun. It's also a cool take on the theme. Game design wise, I think the player has too many HPs, and it becomes too hard to avoid projectiles very quiclky. So I ended up not caring too much about dodging things and just fire at them. This said, if you don't have the time to balance gameplay, it's better to have too many HPs and enjoy firing at things. Great entry, congrats!
I like shrinking the center as a measure of health, though it seems like it can snowball if the things get too low. Also while that fact that you can't both move and shoot is fine, the fact that you move slightly between each shot seems like an oversite.
What an elegant entry! I love the simplicity of this yet the great engagement. There is a subtle balance here where you CAN hold to shoot... but actually mashing the keys allows it to be faster which is a great player trade off/choice. I like this a lot. Nice work!
This PICO-8 entry works great! I appreciate the deliberate tuning that prevents players from spamming both shooting and moving simultaneously. The dynamic difficulty is a standout feature, making it genuinely more challenging to dodge bullets within the confines of a larger circle, creating a unique and engaging gameplay experience. Great work!
Awesome entry! I really liked how simple everything was -- how to play, the player's health, and the game's mechanics were pretty much self-explanatory, making it a great game to pick up and play to try and nab a high score. Where it fails is with balance, as I felt that the player had too much health, and too many enemies spawned too quickly. Perhaps giving the player less health and focusing more on dodging (at least in the early game) would improve this, as I ended up not caring about dodging, but rather shooting as many enemies as possible. Either way, I think the mechanics are solid and well implemented, particularly with the slower movement speed whilst shooting, as it provides important decision making and fast-paced thinking on whether to be offensive or defensive. Overall, really great stuff here, and an awesome idea that could be expanded upon into quite a lovely arcade-styled game! Great job :)
This was pretty fun and satisfying to play, even though it was really simple. It reminded me of an old flash game that I used to play as a kid, and your game transported me back to my childhood 🥹🥹🥹
THIS GAME IS SO FUN ?? Like actually ? The graphics are really clean (even though they're just circles) and the sound effets are cool as well. I like how bullet-hellish the game become at the end, in my opinion the very slow focus mode when shooting was a bit of a hindrance and made avoiding bullets near the end almost impossible. Glad to see a game made on Pico-8 for this Ludum Dare ! Really fitting with the theme haha, you sure had limited space when coding this.
I don't know if this was an inspiration, probably not, but this REALLY reminds of the of game "Ghost Mayoker" that has a similar principle (you are a ball, shooting bullets on an orbit). In fact, the way your player character move is exactly the same (except that there is no focus mode and you have the same speed when you shoot, and you can "flip sides" of the orbit kinda. The ennemies don't shoot projectiles however, and you have to protect your center
It's uncanny how similar the 2 games look, but the gameplay is still pretty different, as your game has a very nice bullet hell aspect to it ! A funny coincidence how close the 2 games are, both of you basically had the same idea lmao !
I hope you can continue working on it and add more ennemy types/shot patterns, cause playing this is a BLAST honestly, I'd definitely play a version with more content/replayability.
Probably the best game out of the 5 I've tested so far !
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Great idea! Great work!
手残只能坚持3分钟hhhh。敌方全是命中率感人的乱射，建议加点自机狙，自机跟“射击时不能移动”的特性很搭，而且后期屏幕上“无效”的子弹太多了，不是很好看。也可以加个博丽灵梦boss直接从高维度进行打击（x）
THIS GAME IS SO FUN ?? Like actually ? The graphics are really clean (even though they're just circles) and the sound effets are cool as well.
I like how bullet-hellish the game become at the end, in my opinion the very slow focus mode when shooting was a bit of a hindrance and made avoiding bullets near the end almost impossible.
Glad to see a game made on Pico-8 for this Ludum Dare ! Really fitting with the theme haha, you sure had limited space when coding this.
I don't know if this was an inspiration, probably not, but this REALLY reminds of the of game "Ghost Mayoker" that has a similar principle (you are a ball, shooting bullets on an orbit). In fact, the way your player character move is exactly the same (except that there is no focus mode and you have the same speed when you shoot, and you can "flip sides" of the orbit kinda. The ennemies don't shoot projectiles however, and you have to protect your center
It's uncanny how similar the 2 games look, but the gameplay is still pretty different, as your game has a very nice bullet hell aspect to it ! A funny coincidence how close the 2 games are, both of you basically had the same idea lmao !
I hope you can continue working on it and add more ennemy types/shot patterns, cause playing this is a BLAST honestly, I'd definitely play a version with more content/replayability.
Probably the best game out of the 5 I've tested so far !